old button?

[jman of ny]

i found this old button, looks pewter. can anyone tell me what timeframe they were made?

 

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[Don in SJ]

Looks like a Tombac button, they are always nice to find and mostly associated with late 18th century into very early 19th century.

http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/Oxbow/tombac buttons.htm


Here is one of my many, with a very similar design, hand inscribed..


Don

 

[Rob66]

Cool little piece of history!!!

 

[Gilligan]

Boy that was some kind of skill to have handscribed that design, isn't it. The lines are perfectly following eachother.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Don nailed it, I can't believe how quickly these guys can ID buttons, tokens, etc. Nice find.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like a Tombac button, they are always nice to find and mostly associated with late 18th century into very early 19th century.

http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/Oxbow/tombac buttons.htm


Here is one of my many, with a very similar design, hand inscribed..


Don

yeap, got a similar one today (day 37 Big Grass Field).